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August 3, 2025 – The Marine Auction ~ Rafael Osona’s Annual 2-Day 1,000-lot Americana, Fine Art, Decor and Marine Estate Auctions held August 2 and 3.  Both days feature an outstanding collection of over 100 antique walking sticks and canes from the Estates of Eddi Van Auken and Carol Rosenthal.Fine marine art featuring works by William P. Stubbs, Lionel Walden, Robert Charles Gruppe, Henry Lea Tatnall, Brian Coole, George Webster, J. Franklin Wright, Leonard John Pearce, J.J. Gardner, Jack Gray, Fred Cozzens, Gordon Grant, T. Bailey, Nicolas Nicola and much more. 19th Century scrimshaw, marine gear including ship’s lights, harpoons tools, etc., ship models and half hulls. 350 lots. Live Preview July 30, 31, August 1 from 10am-5pm at the American Legion, Byron Sylvaro Post 82, 21 Washington Street. Online auction begins August 3 at 9:30am est.

#706A

George Kennedy Brandriff Oil on Canvas

#931

Nantucket Sailor Made Whole Ivory Pickwick, 19th Century

#858F

Antique Polychrome Scrimshaw Whale Tooth Depicting the Locket Engraver, 19th Century

#744A

Boston Pilot Boat “Hesper 1884” Designed by Dennison J. Lawlar, by T.D. Conlon, 1994

#744B

Pair of Vintage Nautical Rosewood Naval Folding Deck Chairs, 20th century 

#717A

Pair of Antique Brass Nautical Ship Light Signal Lanterns, early 20th century

#717B

Vintage Solid Brass Figural Lighthouse Table Lamp, 20th century

#780A

Aletha Macy 8 Whale Species Plaque, circa 1960

#762A

Scarce Telemeter Lowry Bowyer, 19th century

#669A

Whaler Made Spool Thread Caddy, 19th Century

#858E

Antique Liberty Justice Scent Bottle

#858D

Antique Polychrome Whale Stamp, 19th Century

#858C

Two Scrimshaw Whale Teeth, 19th Century

#858B

Scrimshaw Whale Tooth Portrait of a Clipper, 19th Century

#858A

Scrimshaw Polychrome Whale Tooth “Liberty and Hope”, 19th Century

#695A

Vintage Oil on Panel “American Whalers and the Catch”

#844A

Antique Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth “Lady Liberty”

#701A

19th C. S.D. Radley “Entering Port, Boston” Oil on Glass Nautical Painting

#704A

China Trade Oil on Canvas “Portrait of the Ship Golden State”

#803

Vintage Bone Cube and Bead Necklace

#887

Scrimshaw Polychrome Whale Tooth “Square Rigged Ship and Anchor”

#891

Pair of Scrimshaw Antique Whale Teeth “Sailor and Clipper”

#890

Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, 19th Century

#888

Polychromed Scrimshaw Antique Whale Tooth “General John Stark’s at Battle of Bennington, Vermont”

#889

Scrimshaw Polychromed Whale Tooth “The Sun of Austerlitz”

#853A

Polychrome Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, 19th Century

#893

Scrimshaw Antique Polychrome Whale Tooth “Three Brothers”

#892

Scrimshaw Antique Whale Tooth Engraved with 13 Star Federal Shield

#886

Scrimshaw Antique Whale Tooth “Lady in Hoop Skirt”

#885

Scrimshaw Antique Whale Tooth Portrait of General George Washington with Crossed Flags

#884

Scrimshaw Whale Tooth Portrait of a Gentleman, 19th Century

#692A

Rare Nantucket Coffin Family Mixing Bowl, 18th / 19th Century

#883

Carved Spread Winged American Eagle, 19th Century

#894

Antique Oil on Canvas “British Two-Mast Schooner”

#895

Roch Oil on Canvas “Portrait of a Clipper Ship in Rough Seas”

#899

“A Map of the United States of America, Agreeable to the Peace of 1783”

#900

Magna Britannia “A General Map of Great Britain and Ireland”

#898

Three Trigonometrical Survey Charts of Long Island Sound

#896

A. Frandetti Oil on Canvas “Storm in the Black Sea”

#841

American Scrimshaw Baleen Busk, 19th Century

#842

Scrimshaw Baleen Busk, 19th Century

#843

English Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth with Depiction of Henry Ye VIII Y Mistress Parr, 19th Century

#847

Stippled Sperm Whale Tooth, circa 1870

#844

American Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, 19th Century

#846

Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, 19th Century

#845

Tambua Ceremonial Fijian Society, Polished Sperm Whale Tooth, early 19th Century

#828

Fourteen Assorted Whale Bone Clothes Pins, 19th Century

#827

Wood Cased Set of Polychromed Jack Straws, 19th Century

#897

Group of 7 Antique Whale Bone Tools, 19th Century

#851A

Raw Antique Sperm Whale Tooth Mounted on a Carved Wood Whale Stand, 19th Century

#806

Group of Three Antique Framed Ships Builders Blueprints, circa 1900

#745

Antique Solid Bronze Sperm Whale Fluke Door Knocker, circa 1920s

#662

Sailor Made Antique Whalebone Pie Crimper, 19th century

#781

Antique Sailor Made Carved Antique Whalebone Striped Bass Plaque, 19th century

#830

Vintage Folk Art Figural Copper Mermaid Cutout, 20th century

#829

Antique Carved Bone Chess Set, 19th century

#794

Vintage Nantucket Wharf Rat Burgee Pennant Flag

#831

Antique English Staffordshire Figural Sailor Jug, 19th century

#839B

Antique Large Brass Ships Port Hole Window Mirror, circa 1920s

#715

Pair of Antique Brass Figural Mermaid Andirons, circa 1920s

#782

Two Complete Sets of Antique Whalebone Alphabet Tiles, 19th century

#764

Antique Perkins Perko Brass Binnacle Head Ships Compass

#717

Pair of Large Antique Brass Port and Starboard Ships Light Lanterns, 19th century

#701

Vintage Carved Teak Figural Koi Fish Hanging Trade Sign, 20th century

#808

Antique Hand Colored, “Combats Navals”, Lithograph, 18th century

#714

Vintage World War Two U.S. Navy Liberty Ship Hatch Cover Table

#765

Antique Andrew J. Lloyd Company Four-Draw Spyglass, 19th century

#767

Vintage Three Draw Brass Captains Spyglass

#713

Antique English Oak Brass Bound Graduated Ships Barrel Bucket, 19th century

#747

Vintage Solid Brass Figural Fish Door Knocker, 20th century

#800

Antique American Solid Brass Naval Maritime Doorstop, circa 1920s

#655

925 Sterling Silver Filigree Three Master Clipper Ship Model, 20th century

#796

Vintage Pencil Drawing, “Fighting Ship”, circa 1975

#755

Vintage Chrome Plated Six-Spoke Yacht Ships Steering Wheel, 20th century

#833

Vintage Macrame Fancy Sailors Ropework Fishing Gaff

#649

Pair of Large Antique Sailor Made Whalebone Serving Utensils, 19th century

#840

Two Antique Naval Maritime Colored Lithographs, “Bending the Foresail”, and, “Splicing”

#805

Antique Diminutive Sailboat Ship Shadowbox, 19th century

#698

Worden G. Wood Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, “Sinking of the Alabama”

#657

Pair of Segar Studios Bronze Viking Ship Bookends, circa 1920s

#757

Vintage 6-Spoke Steel and Oak Ships Steering Wheel, 20th century

#756

Antique 6-Spoke Yacht Ships Steering Wheel, 20th century

#739

Fine Antique American Oil on Canvas Coastal Seascape Painting, 19th century

#758

Antique Carved and Painted, “Jenny Lee”, Ships Quarterboard Plaque

#759

Antique Carved and Painted Ships Quarterboard Sign, “Belle Brandon”

#746

Antique Bronze Federal Eagle and Naval Anchor Door Knocker, circa 1920s

#648

Antique Sailor Made Watch Hutch Tower, 19th century

#695

C. Myron Clark Oil on Canvas Maritime Painting

#740

Antique American Folk Art Watercolor on Paper

#795

Vintage Reverse Painting on Glass of Young Sailor Boys

#617

Nicholas S. Nicola Cammillieri “Bark Reindeer of Scarboro, James Walker Master, 1853”

#610

Charlie Sayle Sr. Carved Ebony Sperm Whale Pin

#612

Four Miniature Antique Whale Ivory Whale Carvings

#611

Charlie Sayle Sr. Carved Sperm Whale Pin

#848

Set of Six Antique Ivory Marrow Spoons, 18th / 19th Century

#901

Horn Cup With Scrimshaw Clippership “Blenheim 1849”

#849

Nantucket Sailor Made Whale Bone Snatch Block, 19th Century

#902

Robert Spring Scrimshaw Whale Tooth With Polychrome Right Whale Engraving

#613

Sailor Made Whale Bone Inlaid Cricket Stool, 19th Century

#702

William Pierce Stubbs Oil on Canvas “Bark Haydn Brown of Boston Leaving Boston Light, August 1876”

#843A

Signed and Dated 1839 Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth “Love & Hope” “Constitution and Guerriere”

#696

Antique American Watercolor on Paper, “Nantucket Shoals”, Painting

#697

Steven Cryan Watercolor & Gouache Portrait of the Tugboat Norsman

#770

Whaler Made Monkey Fist Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#810

Antique 19th C. Sailor Made Whale Ivory and Whalebone Walking Stick

#772

Whaler Made Mushroom Pommel Grip Walking Stick, early 19th Century

#651

Framed Antique U.S. Life Saving Service First Type Uniform Button

#699

1895 Yacht Portrait of the America’s Cup Challenger Valkyrie III

#771

Whaler Made Turk’s Knot Grip Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#773

Whaler Made Lady’s or Child’s Inlaid Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#741

Vintage 1930s Folk Art Handmade Catboat Weathervane

#711

Vintage Folk Art Carved Pine Nautical Ship’s Figurehead of a Lady

#775

Whaler Made Architectural Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#839

World War Two U.S. Navy Signal Light Shutter Lens

#780

Whaler Made Crown Pommel Architectural Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#774

Whale Made Clenched Fist Grip Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#776

Whaler Made Turks Head Knot Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#646A

Exceptionally Rare Scrimshaw Night Stick, circa 1850

#716

Pair of Modern Cut Brass and Steel Anchor and Ship Andirons

#801

World War Two U.S. Navy Wooden 4 Inch Dummy Cartridge Deck Gun Training Shell

#797

Lucius A. Briggs Watercolor on Paper “The Oriental”, circa 1871

#804

Diorama Depicting the Star of Erin a Three-Masted Schooner Under Full Sail

#703

George Webster Oil on Canvas “The Retrench Capt. Wilson off Dover”, 19th Century

#903

Marine Hardwood “Dead Eye”, 19th Century

#850

H.B. Slwooko Eskimo Carved Figural Sculpture

#601

Limited Edition Scrimshaw and Scrimshander, Whales and Whalemen by E. Norman Flayderman, No. 12 of 150

#904

Folk Art All Wood Whaling Barque

#619

Stuart Ers Rins – London Miniature Military Portrait, 19th Century

#618

Miniature Portrait of Admiral Horatio Nelson, British, circa 1800s

#792

Spanish American War Era US Navy Battle Pennant Flag

#799

Vintage Handmade Model of a U.S. Lighthouse Service Lighted Bell Buoy

#834

Antique Copper and Brass Ocean Diver Air Pump

#700

Large Folk Art Carved and Painted Moby Dick Sperm Whale Plaque

#751

Ambrose J. Peters New Bedford Killing Lance Whaling Harpoon

#710

Two Carved Tropical Wood Logbook Whale & Coffin Stamps

#742

Antique Ship Builders Full Hull Model of a Racing Yacht

#718

Pair of Large Antique Nautical Ship Port & Starboard Lantern Lights

#615

Mariner’s Tropical Woods Inlaid Box, circa 1870

#668

Bowie Knife with Carved Eagle Head Grip, 19th Century

#674

Massive Whaler Made Turk’s Knot Grip Walking Stick, early 19th Century

#682

Whaler Made Pommel Grip Walking Stick, circa 1876

#683

Whaler Made Capstan Knob Walking Stick, 19th Century

#684

Whaler Made “Naughty Nellie” Cane, 19th Century

#777

Whaler Made Octagonal Grip Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#688

Whaler Made Capstan Pommel Grip Architectural Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#681

Whaler Made “USS Kearsarge” Walking Stick, circa 1864

#685

Whaler Made “Naughty Nellie” Narwhal Cane, 19th Century

#689

Whaler Made Clenched Fist with Snake Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#643

Exceptional Whaler Made Cane Comprising Approximately 463 Pieces, 19th Century

#642

Whaler Made Architectural Walking Stick, 19th Century

#641

Whaler Made Architectural “Clenched Fist” Walking Stick, 19th Century

#633

Whaler Made Antique Narwhal Massive and Hefty Captain’s Inlaid Walking Stick, 19th Century

#632

Whaler Made Antique Hand Gripping Ball Walking Stick, 19th Century

#631

Whaler Made Antique Architectural “Capstan” Knob Walking Stick, 19th Century

#644

Architectural Whaler Made Paneled Capstan Shaped Grip Walking Stick, Mid 19th Century

#640

Whaler Made Antique Ball Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#639

Whaler Made Fine Lady’s Baleen and Wood Walking Stick, 19th Century

#638

Whaler Made Double Coiled Snake Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#637

Whaler Made Antique Deacon’s Walking Stick, 19th Century

#636

Early Whaler Made Turk’s Knot Walking Stick, circa 1840s

#635

Whaler Made 1879 Liberty Gold Coin Fancy Inlaid Walking Stick , 19th Century

#634

Very Fine Whaler Made Antique Turk’s Knot Inlaid Walking Stick, circa 1850

#630

Whaler Made Fine Antique Whale Ivory And Whalebone Walking Stick, 19th Century

#819

Whaler Made Ball Grip Walking Stick, circa 1860

#602

Antique Box of French Whale Oil Soap By Guerlain, 19th Century

#818

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, Mid-19th Century

#749

American Spring Loaded Toggle Whaling Harpoon, 19th Century

#817

Whaler Made Lady’s Naughty Leg Cane, circa 1870

#905

Antique Brass Gimbal Lamp With Fluted Glass Shade

#687

Whaler Made Clenched Fist With Snake Walking Stick, 19th Century

#663A

Nantucket Whaleman Made Swift, 19th Century

#814

Whaler Made Turk’s Knot Walking Stick, circa 1870

#811

Whaler Made Clenched Fist with Serpent Walking Stick, circa 1850-1860

#813

Whaler Made Walking Stick, circa 1860

#812

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1860

#815

Whaler Made Turned Knob Walking Stick, circa 1860

#816

Whaler Made Reeded Grip Walking Stick, circa 1860

#825

Unique Whaler Made Carved Horn Right Whale Cane, circa 1850-1860

#826

Two Whaler Made Walking Sticks, mid 19th Century

#720

Whaler Made Monkey Fist Walking Stick, early 19th Century

#721

Whaler Made Ball Grip Narwhal Walking Stick, 19th Century

#722

Whaler Made “Naughty Nellie” Cane, 19th Century

#724

Whaler Made Crown Knot Grip Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#778

Carved Boxwood Admiral De Touralive Walking Stick, 17th / 18th Century

#779

Whaler Made Turk’s Head Knob Grip Architectural Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#723

Whale Made C-Grip Handle Cane, mid 19th Century

#690

Whaler Made Crown Grip Walking Stick, early 19th Century

#676

Whaler Made Fist Holding Dowel Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#680

Whaler Made Fist with Snake Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#691

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1849

#726

Whaler Made Architectural Capstan Grip Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#645

Mariner Carved Figurehead Snuff Box, 19th Century

#725

Whaler Made Ball Grip Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#731

Whaler Made L-Grip Narwhal Cane, early 19th Century

#679

French Silver Inlaid Walking Stick, 18th Century

#727

Whaler Made “Naughty Nellie” Cane, 19th Century

#728

Whaler Made C-Grip Cane, 19th Century

#729

Whaler Made Compressed Ball Walking Stick, 19th Century

#730

Whaler Made 8-Sided Grip Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#732

Scrimshaw “Naughty Nellie” Cane, 19th Century

#733

Whaler Made L-Grip Narwhal Cane, 19th Century

#678

Whaler Made Knob With Floating Ring Walking Stick, 19th Century

#620

Pair of Scrimshaw Pedestal Cups, 19th Century

#675

Whaler Made Screw Knob Narwhal Walking Stick, 18th Century

#677

Whaler Made Fist Holding Dowel Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#629

Fine Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1850, in Custom Shadowbox Frame

#686

Whaler Made Clenched Fist With Snake Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#852A

Pair of Antique Scrimshaw Whale Teeth Engraved with Ship Captain and Wife

#712B

Silk Needlework Commemorating “Memoire de la Guerre”, 1914-1915

#798

Cheslie D’Andrea Oil on Board “Gloucester Harbor”

#706

Brian Coole Oil on Panel “Stove Boat Whaling Scene”

#712A

Silk Needlework “Victory For The Allies”, circa 1914-1915

#603

Vintage Wood Gameboard with Inlaid Sperm Whale Corners

#673B

Napoleonic Prisoner of War Straw Work Box, circa 1800

#906

Whaler Made Block Plane, 19th Century

#908

Group of 19th Century Sailor Made Artifacts

#600

Four Sotheby’s Auction Catalogs: Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection Part I, II, III, IV

#910

Fifteen Whaler Made Whale Bone Spoons, 19th Century

#912

Fifteen Bone and Silver Handle Brushes and Forks, Etc.,19th Century / 20th Century

#928

Assortment of Forty-two Bone Dominoes, 19th Century

#909

Pair of Whale Bone Snatch Blocks, early 19th Century

#661

Antique Whale Ivory Abalone Inlaid Pie Crimper, 19th Century

#820

Sailor Made Serpent Head Cane, circa 1860

#821

Antique Whale Ivory Carved Eagle Head Cane Handle, 19th Century

#907

Pair of Whale Cleats Accompanies with Whalebone Block and Antique Ivory Sheave, 19th Century

#913

Whaleman Made Antique Whalebone Measuring Stick, 19th Century

#911

Two Whalebone and Metal Surfcasting Lures, 19th Century

#658

Pair of Signed Victor Design Ship Gilt Metal Bookends

#673A

French Bone Game Box, 19th Century

#847A

Scrimshaw Polychromed Whale Tooth “Seven-Star Flag”, 19th Century

#789

Group of Six Inuit Bone and Antique Walrus Ivory Animals and Figures, 19th / 20th Century

#604

Clark Voorhees Carved Wood Sperm Whale

#606

Rare and Scarce Captain George Grant Nantucket Miniature Folk Art Whirligig Study

#738

Large Antique Whalebone Swift Base and Shaft, 19th Century

#719A

Faroe Islands Wood Knife with Steel Blade and Sheath, 19th Century

#744

Carved Wood Half Hull of the Iron Ship Clan REA

#665A

Whaler Made Whalebone Seam Rub, 19th Century

#842A

Whaler Made Scrimshaw Whalebone Busk, 19th Century

#835

Tyfon Brass Fog Horn Malmo Sweden

#670A

Whaler Made Whale Bone Swing Handle Basket, 19th Century

#929

Vintage 4-Mast American Clipper Ship in a Bottle

#705

Henry Lea Tatnall Oil on Canvas “Luminous Seascape”

#704

Lionel Walden Oil on Canvas, “French Fishing Fleet”

#914

Antique Scrimshaw Commemorative Horn Cup “Bark Sarah B. Hale”, circa 1877

#836

Siebe Gorman & Co. LTD London Fog Horn

#799A

Nantucket Yacht Club Signal Flag Box

#927

Whaleman Made Whalebone Swift on Primitive Stand, 19th Century

#616

Sailor Made Antique Whalebone Cribbage Board, 19th Century

#614

Step Down Sewing Box with Bone Finials and Thread Holes, 19th Century

#664

Antique Sawfish Rostrum Jawbone

#744

Vintage Mahogany 8-Lift Half Hull Model

#719

Russell and Stall Co. New York, Hanging Starboard Light

#769

Brass and Leather Wrapped Three-Draw, Miniature Spy Glass

#707

Edward Adam Oil on Canvas “Portrait of an English Steam-Sailer”, circa 1889

#607

Mike Butler Oil on Wood Panel “Portrait of a Sperm Whale”, circa 2024

#645A

English Decorated Hilted Billy Club, 19th Century

#659

Pair of Vintage Lignum Vitae Lighthouse Bookends

#694

Robert Charles Gruppe Oil on Canvas “Portrait of a Schooner”

#734

William Swain “Portrait of Captain Jonathan Swain of the Nantucket Whaling Ship Swift”, 19th Century

#735

“Portrait of a Young Nantucket Whaling Captain” Oil on Panel

#737

J. Franklin Wright Oil on Canvas “Portrait of the Clipper Ship Flying Fish”

#736

Leonard John Pearce Oil on Canvas “Warrior Off Dover”, circa 1980s

#693

Robert Charles Gruppe Oil on Canvas “Gloucester Harbor at Sunrise”

#735A

Oil on Wood Panel “Patriotic Eagle Still Life”

#807

Benjamin Russell Colored Lithograph, circa 1871,  “Right Whaling in Behering Straits & Arctic Ocean With Its Varieties”

#609

Signed Charlie Sayle Sr Carved Bone Great Blue Shark, circa 1969

#646

J.J. Gardner Oil on Canvas “Portrait of a Sailing Yacht and Crew”, circa 1888

#851

Antique Polychromed Scrimshaw Tooth Signed B. Kay Kwakine

#605

Clark Voorhees Jr. Carved and Painted Porpoise

#763

Vintage Kelvin & Hughes Ltd. Binnacle Compass, Fenchurch Street London

#768

Brass and Leather Two-Draw Spyglass, 19th Century

#673

French Prisoner of War Carved Bone “Spinning Jenny”, circa 1800

#925

Twelve Carved Bone Twisted Handle Lobster Picks

#926

Ten Carved Bone Lobster Picks

#879

Collection of Eleven Decorated Bone and Horn Polynesian Spoons, 19th Century

#626

Collection of Ninety-Eight Whalebone and Antique Whale Ivory Turned Bodkins, 19th Century

#880

Collection of Fifty-Five Whalebone Sewing, Knitting and Textile Tools, 19th Century

#878

Assortment of Twenty-Two Whalebone Hygiene Tools, 19th Century

#877

Seventeen Polished Whalebone Page Turners, Corset Staves or Tongue Depressors, 19th Century

#881

Collection of Twenty-Four Whalebone and Steel Tools, 19th Century

#922

Thirty-Five Assorted Whaler Made Artifacts, 19th Century

#923

Approximately Sixty-Five Whalebone Crochet Hooks and Sewing Implements, 19th Century

#691A

Rare Nantucket Whalebone and Abalone Measuring Stick Belonging to Abigail Butts (1747-1790)

#624

Antique Decorated Whalebone Whale Ear Drum, 19th Century

#788

Edwin Nunguk Vintage Inuit Carved Whale

#785

Vintage Inuit Carved Eskimo Hunter in Kayak

#787

Two Vintage Inuit Carvings of an Arctic Puffin and Walrus

#786

Vintage Inuit Carved Eskimo Hunter in Kayak

#924

Thirty Whaler Made Whalebone Artifacts, 19th Century

#921

Mix of Twelve Whaler Made Bone and Antique Whale Ivory Artifacts, 19th Century

#783

Assortment of Fifty-Three Whalebone Dice, 19th Century

#859

Miniature Liverpool Creamware Jug, 19th Century

#920

Sailor Made Whalebone Oil Dip Stick, 19th Century

#793

Vintage 50 Star U.S. Navy Union Jack Ship Flag

#762

Antique Robinson Co. Brass Nautical Yacht Binnacle Compass

#791

Six Vintage 1930s Yacht Club Burgee Flag Pennants

#692

Important 19th C. Sailor Made Inlaid Presentation Box

#837

Vintage #3 Nautical Harbor Bell Buoy Lamp

#832

19th C. American Wrought Iron Whaling Boat Gaff

#750

Signed 19th C. New England Toggle Head Whaling Harpoon

#712

19th C. Sailor Made Oilcloth Whaling Fishing Marker Flags

#652

19th C. Ambrotype Portrait Photograph of a Whaleman Sailor

#759A

Antique Carved and Painted Ship Ameer Quarterboard

#761

Two Early 19th C. Handcolored Whale Species Engravings

#760

Four 1813 Matthew Dubourg Handcolored Whaling Scene Engravings

#790

Full Set of 40 Vintage Bull Dog Brand Nautical Ship’s Signal Flags

#653

Vintage 1930s Hand Painted Jolly Roger Barrel

#654

H.L. Piper Brass and Copper Masthead Light

#860

Matted and Framed Nine Clipper Ship Vignettes

#875

Contemporary Model of a Whaleboat, Fully Outfitted

#876

Four Items Including an Engraved J.P. Gardner Brass and Leather Telescope, 19th Century

#669

Nantucket Whalebone and Antique Whale Ivory Three-Tier Spool Carousel, 19th century

#861

Jack L. Gray Oil on Canvas Board “Steam Trawler at Sea”

#656

Antique Chinese Silver Model of a War Junk on Carved Teak Wood Ocean Wave Base

#919

Dolland London Miniature Brass Gimbal Compass, 19th Century

#670

Nantucket Carved and Pierced Whalebone Ditty Basket, 19th Century

#918

Group of Seven Antique Whalebone Artifacts, 19th Century

#671

Antique Whalebone Ditty Box, 19th Century

#845A

Hawaiian or Polynesian Carved Bust Whale Tooth, early 20th Century

#917

Scrimshaw, Carved and Polychrome Whale Tooth, 19th Century

#862

Antique Sperm Whale Tooth Carved as an Eagle Head, 19th Century

#625

Antique Whale Ivory Entwined Snake Bodkin with Baleen Eyes, 19th Century

#672

Miniature Oval Whalebone Six Finger Ditty Box, 19th Century

#627

Antique Walrus Ivory Coconut Scoop, 19th Century

#628

Pair of Antique Whalebone and Baleen Banded Clenched Fist and Cuff Knitting Needles, 19th Century

#858

Large Scrimshaw Two-Sided Whale Tooth of the “Ship Alrion” and Portrait of a Woman, First Half of the 19th Century

#852

Fine Scrimshaw Whale Tooth “Ship Romeo”, 19th Century

#853

Polychromed Scrimshaw Whale Tooth “Frigate St. Lawarence 1861”, 19th Century

#856

Scrimshaw Whale Tooth “Lady Liberty”, 19th Century

#854

Scrimshaw Whale Tooth “Hope, Father”, 19th Century

#857

Pair Scrimshaw Whale Teeth “Husband and Wife”, 19th Century

#855

Pair of Polychrome Whale Teeth with Portraits of Young Lady and Gentleman, 19th Century

#823

Sailor Made Antique Walrus Ivory and Branch Walking Stick, 19th Century

#824

Whaleman Carved Bird Head C-Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#748

Toggle Harpoon With Wood Shaft and Original Rope, 19th Century

#822

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1850

#873

Edward J. Russell Watercolor on Paper “Portrait of the Brigateer John”

#874

William Huggins Colored Lithograph “South Sea Whale Fishery”

#863

Composition Figure of a Sailor in Going Ashore Clothing

#709

Oil on Linen “Portrait of the American Schooner Emma Ritch”

#754

Antique Wrought Iron Four Prong Harpoon

#708

Gouache on Artist Board “Portrait of the Ship Freeman Clark” and Associated Document

#753

Cast Iron Toggle Harpoon, 19th Century

#864

Currier & Ives Print “The Great Ocean Yacht Race, Between the Henrietta, Fleetwing & Vesta”, circa 1866

#752

Cast Iron Toggle Harpoon, 19th Century

#749A

Iron Killing Lance, 19th Century

#845B

Pair Of Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Teeth Bookends

#623

Nikita Karpenko Cased Model “Pilot Schooner Mary Taylor 1849”, Crafted circa 1932

#802

Mark A. Sutherland Handmade “Racing Catboat”, circa 2025

#608

Charlie Sayle Sr Carved Ebony Sperm Whale Pin

#872

William Lowe Oil on Linen “Schooners Departing Nantucket”

#766

Cutts-London Three-Draw Spyglass, 19th Century

#866

Federick S. Cozzens Lithograph “Trolling for Bluefish”

#871

Oil on Board “Young Fisherman”, 19th Century

#865

Currier & Ives Colored Lithograph “Trolling for Bluefish”, 19th Century

#867

T. Bailey Oil on Canvas “Bow View of a Fully Rigged Clipper on the Open Seas”

#870

Gordon Grant Ink and Watercolor on Paper, “Nantucket Wharf Scene”

#868

Azorian Carved Bone Whale Shadowbox, circa 2005

#622

Small Cased Model of the American Vessel “Kate Cory”

#869

Fred S. Cozzens Watercolor on Paper “A Sailing Wind”

#838

Vintage Perkins Nickel Plated Nautical Anchor Form Lamp

#650

Antique Sailor Made Cribbage Board, 19th Century

#621

Pair of Whaleman Made Vases, 19th century

#915

Group of Nine Antique Whalebone Sewing Implements, 19th Century

#660

Whaleman Made Pie Crimper, circa 1870

#663

Diminutive Antique Whale Ivory Pie Crimper, 19th century

#667

Scrimshaw Antique Whalebone Busk, 19th Century

#666

Scrimshaw Antique Whalebone Busk, 19th Century

#784

Antique Inuit Carved Fossilized Whalebone Vertebrae Sculpture, 19th Century

#809

Antique Handmade Fretwork, “Remember The Maine, circa 1900

#665

Antique Whalebone Seam Rub, circa 1840

#916

Scrimshaw Erotic Antique Sperm Whale Tooth, circa 1840-1850

#913A

American Whaleman Made Whalebone Square, circa 1850

#930

Pair of Antique Whale Ribs

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